[Closed] Rugby thread 2016/2017

Not a great deal....just the usual 'haterz' on here. How close was that match though!!!

Been a cracking day of rugby so far!

Good match and Edinburgh deserved the win.

I thought the ref did his best to ruin it though with some bizarre decisions, overuse of the TMO and a ridiculous amount of yellow cards for some quite minor incidents.

We need to clone Nigel...

Whathappened to Brown?

Failed to control his temper and cost Hairyqueens the chance of a win.

We need to clone Nigel...

Not what the Aussies are saying today!!
Fair play Scarlets battled hard despite being hopelessly outclassed by Sarries.

Yep, Y Nige had a shocker today.

Have seen Keet Earls get away with this before daft ****.

Shit technique. He should stick to tackling with his face like he used to.

Just watched the Edinburgh Quinn's game - the ref was bloody awful. Why did he need to faff with the TMO for the first try. Some of the cards were ludicrous. The Edinburgh seven looked good though.

Also just seen that it looks like Ashton is off to Toulon. Good riddance and that'll end any chances of him winning any more caps.

Pummelling for Saints today. It's looking more and more like Mallinder's time as head honcho has run its course. They look clueless and devoid of ideas.

The highs and lows of being an Edinburgh fan. I didn't see the game unfortunately. Sounds like Watson had a good game but the usual mixed bag from Edinburgh. How can you give away 18 penalties and win?

It would have been nice if Earls could have left at least one toy in his pram.

It's looking more and more like Mallinder's time as head honcho has run its course.

Fine win for Ulster. Their tic tacs seem to be adapted from Ospreys run round like a headless chicken and chuck it to Shane of old except they chuck it to Charles!!!

The highs and lows of being an Edinburgh fan. I didn't see the game unfortunately. Sounds like Watson had a good game but the usual mixed bag from Edinburgh. How can you give away 18 penalties and win?

Because Quins were incapable of stringing more than two phases together without knocking on?

New shirt for Tips.
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3 tries for Keelan Giles v Lyon. Anyone see it?

Why wouldn't Earls expect a red card there? Can't fathom his reaction, who was the Engerland player who got some added time last season after getting red carded? Watson?

17min 35min 53min

Great feet for 2nd try

Lund "late" tackle about 60s in on these highlights. You are right AA one of the most savage bits of foul play you will see all weekend. I think many players only dream of improving their timing to this level 🙂
Healey and Dallaglio thought harsh as well.. heyho

So the impartial Healey and Dilly dally thought it was fine but the clearly biased ref and tmo thought otherwise. It was a harsh yellow but had it just been late or no armed he would have got a pen only. Even Diamond had no complaints when asked about it.

It's more of a yellow than the toulon one. Replay shows the tackler with his head behind big Charles as the ball is released and tackle made. As far as he knows CP has the ball.

So, Faletau out, North suspected broken hand, Warbs out, L & S Williams and Jake Ball all with injury worries and Australia looming, who have been thumped by england, NZ and have a recent loss to SA. Should be interesting.

Hey, Faletau is in the squad he just cant play!! Warbs will be fit but bang out of form. More of a problem is that Aus is outside the window so Roberts, Moriarty, Charteris, Fat Sais, Hook and North cant play anyway!! Not sure about 1/2p think he might be ok.
1/2p
Calamity Cuthbert
Davies
Morgan
Amos
Biggar
Webb
Baker/King
Tipuric
Lydiate
AWJ
Davies
Lee
Owens
The fossilised remains of Gethin Jenkins

Smith
Baldwin
Andrews (dear god please no)
Thornton
King/Baker
Davies
Anscombe
AN Other fit back Davies is the only other option from the squad picked.

Great bring on our 240 001 loss to Aus in the last 4 years!!!

When does Agent Orange start playing again 😀

I think Roberts can play, saints already got fined for letting him go the first time which also covers this (I think anyway).

That was North. It was in his last contract but not this one or something. No Englished based players can play.....

When does Agent Orange start playing again

Oh hang on Bristol is still in Englandshire isnt it!!! OMG PANIC!!!!

Dan Carter playing like poo at Welford Road!

You were saying?

Commentator's Curse!

😆

Good win for Tigers today who showed a bit more than last week. Racing line out was a joke.

Had the misfortune of Toulouse vs Wasps; neither team were capable of passing or arching the ball and were not helped by a dire pitch or a particularly pedantic / useless George Clancy. The reffing in all of the TV games this weekend was poo, but that really took the biscuit.

Looks like Itoje could be the next England casualty.

Just watched the Edinburgh game. Never in doubt.

Some great heads up rugby and some headless chickens. Can't really argue with any of the yellows. Gilchrist in particular is the king of stupid soft penalties and yellow cards.

Kinghorn and Hoyland are guys for the future and Watson must be playing his way into the Scotland squad with displays like that.

particularly pedantic / useless George Clancy.

Yeah but the TMO was even more useless - somehow missed what should have been a penalty try for Wasps and a yellow for a deliberate knock on/down.

Waps also foolishly turned down a kick under the posts in favour of a tap penalty which would have won them the game in the end.
THey did mange a couple of decent tries though.

I think overuse of the TMO and replays is ruining the game - Rugby Union just can't withstand the scrutiny of every split second player decision being judged from multiple angles by the TMO.

I suspect the majority (if not all) yellow cards given this weekend were technically correct within the laws of the game but many were unnecessary, pedantic and only visible after repeated slow motion replays. This ruins the flow of the game for both spectators and players and feels, to me at least, as counter to the ethos of the game.

I'd rather see the TMO only called upon by the referee where a try is in doubt (and then only sparingly) or the ref has seen an incident, is sure it's serious and need to review it.

TJ - agree it'd be interesting to see Watson get a Scotland call up; is he in the international set up at all?

TMO use is a tricky thing. YOu have find a balance its wrong to allow absolute howlers, its wrong to examine every inch. I think its about tright now - only check if its a chance of a score or suspected foul play

. TMO did make mistakes in the Edinburgh game - fortunately not game changing with Yarde not being given a try. But also at one point Poite said the TMO - "check the last pass will you I didn't see it" which I think is right do - if the ref is unsighted. Other wise he is guessing

Watsons got a couple of caps IIRC. He is really competing with Hardie for a place

Dominguez fired by Toulon so now Mike Ford is head coach.

THere have been reports of a rift among the coaching staff as Ford complained he didn't have a big enough role. He does now.

I wonder how long he'll last?

Western Fail reporting that all English based players available for Aus game. Wrecker can you tell Agent Orange to stand down!

****ing joke that we dont even know who we can pick from 2 weeks from a test!!

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/wales-english-based-players-available-12070756

Itoje out for 6 weeks

At least you still have Kruis, Launchbury, Lawes, Parling.......

You??? You dumb ass

Cough cough ....spit it out, spit it out....straight to hospital for a stomach pump...
Omg what have I done
WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!

Liam Williams to miss Aus game may need surgery...arse

Ashton off to France. No bad thing, hopefully here a little less of him!

Can we dislike Toulon any more?

Western Fail reporting that all English based players available for Aus game. Wrecker can you tell Agent Orange to stand down!

At least you still have Kruis, Launchbury, Lawes, Parling.......

Rumour mill is working overtime. All of the following is "apparently";
Saints and Tiggers after Ford (G). JJ Hanrahan Munster-bound.
Bristol to agree short term deal with Eben Etzebeth in december....for £40K/game!!!!!
Tiggers after Ben Morgan
Fearns off to Sarries
Glaws after Joe Simpson